Question follow-through · 10574
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many retrospective planning applications have remained undetermined by local planning authorities for more than (a) six, (b) twelve and (c) eighteen months since validation;
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 22 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many retrospective planning applications have remained undetermined by local planning authorities for more than (a) six, (b) twelve and (c) eighteen months since validation;
22 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2026
Answer published
My Department does not collect data specifically relating to the number of retrospective planning applications. Guidance on enforcement action can be found on gov.uk here.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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